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The two BMWs at the Stelvio summit at dusk, headlights on the wet car park, cloud over the peaks behind
The Stelvio summit, 2,757 metres, at dusk. Both cars, on the DSLR.

JUNE 6–13, 2026

Seven Countries in Eight Days.

Two BMWs, the four of us, and a route drawn across seven countries. Through the Netherlands into Belgium, down through Germany, across Austria and the Stelvio into Italy, through Switzerland into France, and back up through Dijon to the Eurotunnel. Three of us drove out. The fourth flew into Munich and was with us from there, over the Stelvio, round Lake Como and through the Swiss Alps.

The Nürburgring Nordschleife on day two. Lichtenstein Castle perched above the Stuttgart valley. The Stelvio Pass — forty-eight hairpins up to 2,757 metres, the cars earning every metre. Lake Como and Bellagio on the water. The Simplon, Grimsel, and Furka passes through the Swiss Alps, one after another. Chamonix under Mont Blanc. Geneva. Annecy at sunset. Snails in Dijon on the way home.

2,400 files came back — GoPro, DJI Osmo Action, DSLR, phone. The GoPro footage had no location metadata, so the first job was using AI to pull timestamps and GPS from the phone images and match them against the GoPro clips by time and date — mapping the entire journey in order so the footage could actually be organised. From there, AI used Playwright and vision to screenshot each video, assess what was in it, and determine which clips would work best in a cut. It assembled a rough chronological edit; I directed the shape and the pacing. Trailer done in three days, while the trip was still fresh and the dopamine was still high. More to come, but the point was to get something out fast and share it with the people who were there.

Selfie on the lake wall at Lake Como: a friend in front, me and two friends on the stone wall behind, mountains across the water
Lake Como, the four of us on the lake wall at nine in the evening.

THE CITIES

THE ROUTE

Bruges canal at golden hour
Bruges. First stop after the Eurotunnel — canals, cobblestones, and beer at the foot of the belfry.
Black Corvette C6 in the Nürburgring paddock, Bilstein banner overhead
The Nürburgring. The paddock on a Touristenfahrten morning — fourteen miles of the most famous track in the world, open to anyone who shows up.
Lichtenstein Castle above the valley
Lichtenstein Castle. Perched on a cliff edge above the Stuttgart valley. A detour that earned its place.
Stelvio Pass switchbacks
The Stelvio. Forty-eight hairpins, 2,757 metres. The road does not forgive inattention.
BMWs parked at Stelvio summit
Summit. Two BMWs at the top of the Stelvio Pass. The cars earned it.
Lake Como panorama
Lake Como. The kind of view that makes you stop talking.
Bellagio rooftop view
Bellagio. Rooftop at golden hour. The lake below, the Alps behind.
Driving through the Swiss Alps
The Swiss Alps. Simplon, Grimsel, Furka — three passes in one day. The road just kept climbing.
Annecy lake at sunset
Annecy. Sunset on the lake. The last evening before the drive home.
View through the sunroof in the Alps
Through the roof. Somewhere in the Swiss Alps, looking up.